Sunday, February 28, 2010

The title of Audrey Totter's first film, Main Street After Dark (1945), seemed to signal that the actress had arrived just in time for film noir. Her films include The Postman Always Rings Twice (46), The Lady in the Lake (47), The Unsuspected (47), The High Wall (47), Alias Nick Beal (49), The Set-Up (49), and Tension (50).Image source: Starlet Showcase and Dvd Beaver.

His blues cure a gray rainy day So easy, he blows you away His sax won The Chasewith dizzying graceA genius at play, Wardell Gray

Today is the birthday of the late tenor sax giant Wardell Gray. His breakout recording was The Chase, a tenor battle with Dexter Gordon, recreating an after-hours jam session. You can hear Gray swinging easy on Sweet and Lovely and Lover Man on Youtube, here. Or not. Apparently Youtube took down those videos. I'm sure you can find Gray's recordings somewhere, like at a record store. Do they still have those?

Thursday, February 11, 2010

An artist--a beatnik Van Gogh-- builds robot to work on his showWhen Botnik takes snoozea battle ensuesIt's man v. machine, but po-moView the trailer for Botnik, by Chicago'sCalabash Animation,here.Glossary: For those not in the know, Po-Mo = Post-Modern.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Some hair hanging over an eyestirs thoughts in the head of a guyWill brushing it backjust get me a smack?Or will the young lady comply?Read our previous limerick on the lovely Veronica Lake, here. Bottomphoto: Matthew C. Hoffman's Film Noir: Through a Lens Darkly

Monday, February 1, 2010

James Dean and Natalie Wood in Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955). Pics: Doctor Macro. Dedicated to those critics without a clue, Pete Fitzgerald and Brian Buniak. Thanks to Walt Hitman for the assist.

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The Universal Frankenstein films...in limericks!

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The Vincentennial

Our centennial tribute to Vincent Price began on May 17, 2011, here. This monster marathon was our part in the annual Countdown to Halloween, and it continued to crawl along until it breathed its last on March 17, 2012.

Munden's Bar

Read a comic by Surly Hack for free online. It's a Munden's Bar story called Ladeez Nite, and it was written by comics great John Ostrander. You'll find the story here

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